And the continuous application of SL-grade composite in the chainstays provides a stronger connection from the dropout to the bottom bracket, meaning not only less weight but also more efficient power transfer. 5 × Symmetric Aero Composite Fork Constructed with fully continuous pieces of cut ...
Perhaps the most impressive piece of technology on the Comete comes from Mavic's all-new UST Road Tubeless setup. Mavic claims an improvement in rolling efficiency of up to 15% when compared to non-tubeless tires at equal air pressure. Of course, we're fa...
presuming you have the correct OEM Z-rated sticky tires. If you've gotten cheap and replaced them with H-rated or discount tires you'll see the ASR traction control light blinking as you launch, meaning the less sticky tires started to lose contact and the SL500 had to shut down a litt...
Old Yeller II is the ultimate expression of function over form. Its massive grille houses a radiator from a Studebaker truck, chosen by Balchowsky to address cooling issues with the car's Buick "Nailhead" V-8 engine. The Goodyear whitewall tires aren't a fashion statement; Balchowsky cho...
In about 1995 the odometer was updated to a backlit LCD and the speedometer is electronic, meaning they all read correctly while driving in reverse, too. The very first models didn't have the excellent Bose Hi-Fi system. By about 1994 all models have come with the same excellent Bose ster...
in this price range but that Honda forgot to put into the Acura. The most important difference between the two cars was that the Acura was built in Japan and backed by Honda, while the Sterling was built in England by a firm with a spotty quality record and imported by a well-meaning ...
We found the online map interface and the in-car implementation clunky. When sending to the car, the site overwrites whatever destination is in the number-one memory slot, meaning only one destination could be sent at a time and the driver had to remember which had been sent. And since ...
There are so many reasons to choose aluminium if you are thinking about your budget. Aluminium replacement windows are far more affordable than other materials like timber. They also require low maintenance, meaning you spend less oncleaning services. They also are durable, so will not be expecti...
a stand-alone, (optionally) self-training, natural language understanding service, but now part of Microsoft Research’s Cognitive Services –previously “Project Oxford” – a collection of extremely powerful machine learning APIs for processing images, video, text, speech, to extract meaning.As...
At the same time, this prevents the front wheel from lifting on steeper climbs, meaning that you don’t have to actively weight the front end. The firm rear suspension hardly bobs, but it also generates little traction, and the rear wheel tends to quickly spin out of control. This makes...